Let's Be Real

I took a few weeks off to go serve at a summer camp, 'the best camp in the land', and am back recording.  I met Nolan at Northern Grace Youth Camp a few years ago and have had the opportunity to watch him grow in his faith and service to the Lord. Join me in a discussion with Nolan as we talk about serving, what it means to him, why he does, and how he is blessed.

If you are looking for a fantastic Christian summer camp for your kids, visit www.northerngraceyouthcamp.org
If you aren't looking for a camp for your kids, but ARE looking for an opportunity to financially support a wonderful faith based organization, I'm sure they would welcome that too.

The book of Proverbs. It encourages wisdom, knowledge, instruction and the fear of the Lord. What does that look like? How well do we seek knowledge and truth? Do we value these things? Or are we just moving through life?

God his taught me the hard way to evaluate my opinions. To see where they might actually be coming from? And am I actually entitled to them? Join me as we talk about our opinions, it is an interesting idea to meditate on, that is for sure!

I just finished up a 5 week book club at church reading Allie Beth Stuckey's book "you're not enough (and that's okay) Escaping the Toxic Culture of Self-Love". We thoroughly enjoyed the book and had great discussion about some challenging topics.  I give my overall review of the book in this episode and encourage everyone to read it.

The book of Job reminds me how small I really am. How I don't really have any reason to try to fully understand why God does the things He does.  That at times He may have to put me in my place, like He did Job, by asking  'who do you think you are?'. It reminds me that I need to refocus,  shift my thoughts and efforts away from control,  and to focus on how great God is,  who He is, what He has done for me and will continue to do.

How do you do with that? Do you try to understand God in all things? Join me as we briefly talk about what that can look like in our hearts.

Registration opens tomorrow (June 25th) for the 4th Annual "Let The Women Retreat" weekend, where we will be talking about Spiritual Warfare.

You can find the registration page HERE  - I hope you can join us!

With new listeners tuning in I thought it would be a good time to refresh us as to why I am here...why this podcast...why "Let's Be Real"? It's all about honesty. Being honest with others, with ourselves, with God.

My social media scrolling led me to 2 very different and opposing video's of parental experience. God is a faithful loving Father, not a father (or parent) who leaves. He does not come and go, reject you, or make you prove your worth. He is a faithful father who never leaves. His love is steadfast and unearned. 

2 Thes. 3:5 "May the Lord direct your hearts, to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ."

Let's close out the book of Ruth with the climax and conclusion of chapter 4!

We see a plan unfold in Ruth chapter three, and we see grace and righteousness (hesed) displayed yet again!

Let's walk through the second chapter of the Ruth Scroll together.  If you haven't listened to the Intro and Chapter 1, start there. If you have already, listen in :) Let's talk about Ruth, Boaz and HESED!
 
You can view the class slides HERE if you would like to follow along.